Baseball player arrested, accused of intentionally causing injury

Posted: Tuesday, July 08, 2008

By Phil Anderson

A Topeka teenager was arrested and booked into jail late Sunday after an on-field incident in which authorities said another player was intentionally injured at the Ken Berry League baseball complex, S.W. 61st and Wanamaker.

Shawnee County sheriff's deputies, American Medical Response ambulance and emergency responders were called around 9:50 p.m. Sunday to the baseball complex on a report of a player being injured, followed by a disturbance.

Shawnee County sheriff's Sgt. Akim Reynolds said reports indicated a player had been at bat and was thrown out at first base by three or four steps by an opposing player.

The sheriff's report stated the player who had been thrown out then intentionally stomped on the first baseman's left ankle, causing a severe cut with his spikes.

Reynolds said witnesses told sheriff's deputies it appeared the injury was done on purpose.

The player who stomped on the first baseman's ankle then left the complex, Reynolds said, and was found later Sunday night by deputies, who arrested him in connection with aggravated battery.

"It's one thing to slide into a base and have an injury result," Reynolds said. "It's another to go after the player and then stomp on his ankle."

The arrested man was identified as Dominiquee Devinnaire Rogers, 19, who was booked into the Shawnee County Jail at 11:35 p.m. Sunday in connection with aggravated battery.

Jail officials on Monday night said Rogers had bonded out and was no longer being held at the facility.